Ahead of the full 2023 artist lineup announcement in May we’re offering you a small but tasty sampling of the brilliant artistry you can expect to discover on VFMF stages this summer.

Namgar Lhasaranova comes from the east borderlands, where Russia, Mongolia and China meet, and her voice is as immense as her Siberian homeland. With her group, Namgar, she creates a musical experience that doesn’t sound quite like anything else.

Guitar aficionados of the world (and everyone else) – prepare for a Moment. One of the most respected and renowned guitarists in music history will be in the park. Friends, Albert Lee is coming to town!

From Ennis, County Clare, Ireland, singer/songwriter Susan O’Neill has been described as “audacity personified, a free spirit, a real performer” with a timeless voice that’s “equal parts balm and blowtorch.”

Celeigh Cardinal is a soul-folk songstress from the northern prairies, and a 2020 JUNO Indigenous Album of the Year winner. It’s been said she’s “quickly becoming one of the great Canadian voices.”

Cameroonian-born Blick Bassy is a unique voice in African music. He sings in his native Bassa, but his musical travels include the blues, samba, bossa nova, folk, and beyond.

A Chicano band from East LA, Las Cafeteras fuses spoken word, an urban attitude, and folk music with traditional son jarocho. They sing of civil rights, the United Farm Workers, immigration – their music is a tool for inspiring positive change.